Welcome to the first Wednesday of the (hopefully not too) rainy month! We have a bundle of Catalogue non-profit news coming your way …
Congratulations to five non-profit leaders — Last night, the winners of the 2010 Exponent Awards were honored by the Meyer Foundation. And of those winners, four are the leaders of Catalogue non-profits: Jean-Michel Giraud of Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, Layli Miller-Muro of Tahirih Justice Center, Scott Schenkelberg of Miriam’s Kitchen (check out his “7 Questions” interview!), and Adam Tenner of Metro TeenAIDS. Many, many congratulations! You can also check out the Washington Post’s earlier coverage of the award announcement.
Being Bilingual May Boost Your Brain Power — Check out this cool discussion of bilingual families from Monday’s Morning Edition: “Judy and Paul Szentkiralyi both grew up bilingual in the US, speaking Hungarian with their families and English with their peers. When they first started dating, they spoke English when things turned serious they did something unusual — they decided to switch to Hungarian” for their children. Additionally, several Catalogue non-profits, such as the Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS, are also strong evidence for the power in bilingual education!
DC nonprofit Capital Partners for Education host career fair — Great profile of Capital Partners in last week’s Charity & Volunteerism section of examiner.com! And CPE’s 10th annual career fair and financial literacy workshop are coming up on April 16th from 10:00-12:30 in downtown DC. Regina Leslie, Director of Education Program, explains that the fair is akin to a traditional college fair, but “professionals from a wide array of career paths share their experiences with CPE students network with volunteers in order to learn more about their particular industries and what they as high school students can do to better prepare themselves for the working world.”
DC Parent Program Lets ‘Wise Elders’ Pass On Advice — In case you missed it, you can listen to WAMU’s spot on the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy’s “Wise Elders” program. The (very wise) program offers “parents facing the challenges of adolescence a chance to hear from another parent, one who has seen it all before … Wise Elders aims to inspire parents to build a trusting relationship with their kids,” which in turn renders children more likely to turn to their parents with crucial questions about health and sexuality.
Orange launches Do Some Good volunteering app — So what’s new for the iPhone? An app “to encourage folks to volunteer a bit of spare time to help out a charitable cause” of course! Britain’s Tech Watch reported this weekend that Orange has created Do Some Good for “those who perhaps haven’t got the time to invest an entire day, but would like to spend the odd chunk of spare time doing some good … So while waiting for the kettle to boil, or perhaps before a dental appointment … you can instead take on a short task” on behalf of a non-profit, such as taking some photos or doing some quick research. Sounds good? How would you use it?